{"id":91776,"date":"2025-02-16T14:05:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T14:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/agriculture\/causes-of-plant-diseases-know-this-now\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T14:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T14:05:43","slug":"causes-of-plant-diseases-know-this-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=91776","title":{"rendered":"Causes of plant diseases &#8211; know this now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-1703809689472846256\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Plant disease is an abnormal condition that effects the plant and either slows down its growth, reduced its yield or kills the plant in a severe case.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When plant diseases are not effectively controlled or prevented the farmer may end up earning little or nothing from his\/her farm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With this it is necessary to know the causes of plant diseases so as to be able to counter the outbreak of these diseases.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjebinXh6AMMepVw7PODJ5f9QUt3JB9J7oEWA_QnhHJLprg193M1HvtsjP6UGokwPEXgR5u-0GQXznHyVOvQoh_4Lc5mIBN-i0FCMznQJ6x4mMu3vUNp-28vJYK7qz5ZMCXkFs2ORA_AQyW\/s1600\/1603147689633312-0.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a diseased avocado plant\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjebinXh6AMMepVw7PODJ5f9QUt3JB9J7oEWA_QnhHJLprg193M1HvtsjP6UGokwPEXgR5u-0GQXznHyVOvQoh_4Lc5mIBN-i0FCMznQJ6x4mMu3vUNp-28vJYK7qz5ZMCXkFs2ORA_AQyW\/s1600\/1603147689633312-0.png\" width=\"400\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0A diseased avocado plant<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Factors that causes plants diseases are divided into two, which are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Biotic factors<\/li>\n<li>Abiotic factors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"background: rgb(192, 192, 192); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 3px 5px; height: 40px; padding: 5px 3px; text-align: center;\">Read also&gt;&gt;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ugnaija.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/factors-necessary-for-high-profitability-in-maize-farming.html?m=1\" title=\"factors necessary for high profitability in maize farming\">factors necessary for high profitability in maize farming<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Biotic factors<\/h2>\n<p>These are living organisms (pathogens) that attack crops plant, they can be transfered from one plant to another.<\/p>\n<p>Pathogens that causes diseases in plant are\u00a0<em class=\"EmphasisTypeItalic\"><b>bacteria<\/b><\/em>,\u00a0<span class=\"EmphasisTypeItalic\"><b style=\"font-style: italic;\">mycoplasmas<\/b><i>,<\/i><b style=\"font-style: italic;\">nematodes<\/b><i> and <\/i><b style=\"font-style: italic;\">fungi. <\/b>Other living organisms which may also causes plant diseases are <i>insects, rudents\u00a0<\/i>etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Abiotic factors<\/b><\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>These are nonliving factors such as <i><b>precipitation<\/b><\/i>, <i><b>sunlight<\/b><\/i> and <b>drought<\/b> which adversely affects crops and thereby making the plants vulnerable to diseases.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgb7rJzjpSpNHo2R_G9ZICwzOKm8C_4bCDgaxDkbxm6hcZnXqZeTcA2E7MGohHY4Hkckqe85fZEwIdbRZaHZYz9NhpKt4neNmcojHe9YKP1moxbYl6pLAE8ziljEwUEJCdQ8zhy3ewcTWCN\/s1600\/1603147653685906-1.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a diseased tomato plant\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgb7rJzjpSpNHo2R_G9ZICwzOKm8C_4bCDgaxDkbxm6hcZnXqZeTcA2E7MGohHY4Hkckqe85fZEwIdbRZaHZYz9NhpKt4neNmcojHe9YKP1moxbYl6pLAE8ziljEwUEJCdQ8zhy3ewcTWCN\/s1600\/1603147653685906-1.png\" width=\"400\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>A wilted tomato plant due to drought<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"background: rgb(192, 192, 192); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) 0px 3px 5px; height: 40px; padding: 5px 3px; text-align: center;\">Read also&gt;&gt;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ugnaija.blogspot.com\/2020\/10\/10-diseases-in-poultry-and-their-symptoms.html?m=1\" title=\"10 diseases in poultry and their symptoms\">10 diseases in poultry ant their symptoms<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>Get our newsletter in the subscribe form below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2\/>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plant disease is an abnormal condition that effects the plant and either slows down its growth, reduced its yield or kills the plant in a severe case. 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